Pat Christie

Pat Christie, B. Ed., CFRE, is the principal consultant for Pat Christie Consulting. Pat is a highly skilled consultant who brings her unique style to consulting and mentoring as a result of her background as an educator and facilitator. She has strong fund development expertise gained through working with organizations in the social services, arts, and environment and recreation sectors in the past fifteen years.

Pat’s knowledge as a CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) enables her to quickly assess your needs and work with your team to ensure success in meeting your fund development goals. She specializes in working with small shops to lay the foundations for a successful fund development program. Possible services include creating a fund development strategy, confirming key fundraising messages in the case for support and working with the Board of Directors to develop their skills. Pat coaches her clients to move forward independently to meet their goals and build their long term sustainability. And her clients have fun in the process!

Pat believes passionately that for fundraising to be successful it is vital to build a strong fundraising team consisting of staff, Board of Directors and volunteers, and she enjoys facilitating that change in the organizations she works with.